David Gulpilil in 'Another Country'.
Molly Reynolds' feature documentary Another Country, starring David Gulpilil, has collected three gongs at the ATOM Awards, held in Melbourne last night.
The Vertigo Productions film, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, picked up Best Documentary – General; Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues and Best Documentary – History.
Keryn Nossal’s Yiramalay, about the Aboriginal people of the Fitzroy Valley Community in the Kimberley, was named Best Documentary – Short Form.
Best Factual Television Series went to the two-parter Becoming Superhuman, which aired on ABC's Catalyst earlier this year.
Nel Minchin and Rhian Skirving’s Matilda and Me, chronicling Tim Minchin’s journey to compose a musical based Roald Dahl’s 'Matilda' for the Royal Shakespeare Company, has won Best Documentary – Biography and Best Documentary – Arts.
Sensible Film’s Sperm Donors Anonymous won Best Documentary – Science, Technology & The Environment.
Best Docodrama went to Wildbear Entertainment’s Changed Forever, directed by Serge Ou. Wildbear also picked up Best Indigenous Video or Website for Ella, the story of the first Indigenous dancer in the Australian Ballet – currently in theatrical release.
Best Children’s Television Program went to the second season of SLR Productions’ Guess How Much I Love You.
Held annually since 1982, the ATOM Awards aim to recognise film and media excellence in the education sector and screen industry. This year saw 591 entries from across Australia and New Zealand.
Full list of winners:
Best Tertiary Animation
Samuel by the Sea, Robert Corless, Griffith Film School
Best Tertiary Documentary
How History May Come, Olesya Mazur, Sydney Film School
Best Tertiary Short Fiction
A Static Wind Blows, Isaac Elliot, Deakin University
Best Educational App (Primary/Secondary)
Starting Shakespeare, Deeper Richer and Bell Shakespeare
Best Educational Ebook (Primary/Secondary)
Little Lunch: A Teacher’s Guide, Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Best Educational/Training Video or Website (Primary/Secondary)
Beneath the Waves, Sam Bodhi Field and Alice Ross, Periscope Pictures
Best Instructional/Training Video or Website (Tertiary/General)
EPA – Air Pollution, Stefan Wernik and Guy Jamieson, The Magnificent Itch
Best Indigenous Video or Website
Ella, WildBear Entertainment
Best Educational Game
The Voyage, Steve Thomas, Roar Film
Best Animation
The Spring, Xin Li
Best Children’s Television Program
Guess How Much I Love You – Series 2, Suzanne Ryan, SLR Productions
Best Experimental
Grace, James Carroll, School of Flim and Television, Victorian College of the Arts
Best Music Video
Dakota, Explanimate!
Best Short Fiction (50 minutes or less)
Woman with an Editing Bench, Karen Pearlman, Lyn Norfor and Richard James Allen, The Physical TV Company
Best Docudrama
Changed Forever, WildBear Entertainment
Best Factual Television Series
Becoming Superhuman, The Feds Australia
Best Documentary – Arts
Matilda and Me, Nel Minchin and Rhian Skirving, In Films
Best Documentary – Biography
Matilda and Me, Nel Minchin and Rhian Skirving, In Films
Best Documentary – History
Another Country, Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds, Vertigo Productions
Best Documentary – Science, Technology & the Environment
Sperm Donors Anonymous, Lisa Horler and Lucy Paplinska, Sensible Films
Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues
Another Country, Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds, Vertigo Productions
Best Documentary – Short Form (30 minutes or less)
Yiramalay, Keryn Nossal, Fancy Films
Best Documentary – General
Another Country, Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds, Vertigo Productions